Drug And Drug Dealers In Karawang Also Arrested After Long Fugitive Status

Wakapolres Karawang Kompol Prasetyo Purbo Nurcahyo (second from the left) when exposure to the disclosure of the case at the Karawang Police Headquarters. (ANTARA/Ali Khumaini)

The Karawang Regency Police, West Java arrested 10 suspects in a criminal case of drug abuse and certain hard drugs. Two of the suspects are on the wanted list (DPO). "The 10 suspects arrested were the result of the disclosure of the case over the past month," said Deputy Chief of Karawang Police, Kompol Prasetyo Purbo Nurcahyo during an exposure to the disclosure of the case at the Karawang Police Headquarters, Antara, Wednesday, April 24. The suspects were arrested in different places. They are a drug network operating in the jurisdiction of the Karawang Police. "The Karawang Police Narcotics Unit for the past month has carried out surveillance of the suspects, of which there are two DPO drug cases," he said. Kasat Narkoba Polres Karawang AKP Arif Zaenal Abidin, menyampaikan bahwa kedua DPO yang diringkus itu telah lama menjadi target atau targetan kepolisian. Keduanya masing-masing berinisial ASB dan RF. The suspect with the initials ASB is a certain hard drug dealer and suspect RF is a drug dealer of methamphetamine type known as 'licin' and difficult to catch. The other suspects who were arrested included the initials J, S, RK, TH, AD, LS, SI, and TF. From the arrest, the police confiscated a number of evidences in the form of methamphetamine-type drugs weighing 164.08 grams, marijuana-type drugs weighing 504.36 grams, and psychotropic types of certain hard drugs as many as 181 pills. As a result of their actions, the suspects in each article of drug crimes are different, including for suspects of methamphetamine type drugs charged with Article 114 paragraph (1) in conjunction with 112 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009, with a minimum sentence of four years and a maximum of 12 years in prison or the death penalty.

Then the suspect in marijuana type drugs was charged with Article 114 paragraph (1) in conjunction with 111 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 35 of 2009. The threat is a minimum of four years and a maximum of 12 years in prison. Furthermore, certain drug suspects are charged with Article 435 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 17 of 2023, with a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison.